Uganda: Not Again, Uganda

opinion

Proverb-prone President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda said in October that he was faced with a problem of a snake in a clay cooking pot. "We want to kill the snake, but we do not want to break the pot. We want to protect our children from homosexuality, but we do not want to kill our trade opportunities."

The president is showing no signs of protecting the pot. Once again, Uganda appears poised to further curtail the rights of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens.

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